So what happens if we had delayed, defunded or repealed Obamacare entirely in October? You’re saying we would still have had to comply with all the insurance changes next year because companies wouldn’t have time to change anything? Good thing we didn’t repeal then. It would’ve been a disaster for the Republicans since all these mandatory Obamacare changes would have happened anyway after the repeal and they’d get the blame.
Right. I know in Massachusetts, and probably true in most other states, that health insurance premiums need to be approved by the regulatory body for the following year by October 1 which is a drop dead date for an insurer to get premiums and eligibility rules into the system and tested by Jan. 1.
I'm thinking Obama knows this but is looking for anything to get him off the dime of this train wreck.